Friday, January 17, 2014

3:35pm ET - Noah Michelson, Editor of Huffington Posts Gay Voices, returns to the show as he does every Friday to speak with us about the LGBT stories making headlines over at Gay Voices.

4:05pm ET - Earlier this week, Jimmy LaSalvia, co-founder of GOProud, a Right Wing Gay PAC, wrote a blog piece announcing that he would be leaving the Republican Party after years of trying to change it over its continued bigotry, especially during the 2012 Election Season. He joins us today to discuss his position and what he intends to do moving forward.

4:35pm ET - Activist, author, and Russian-American journalist, Masha Gessen, returns to the show today to speak with us about her latest book, Words Will Break Cement: The Passion of Pussy Riot, which chronicles the groups making headlines protesting which eventually led to their arrest. We'll also continue the conversation we've had with her in the past about Russia's anti-gay laws and the upcoming Olympics in Russia.

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